Royce Millar, Anna Patty, James Massola
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten has faced a slew of conflict of interest allegations over informal deals struck with employers which delivered millions of dollars to the Australian Workers Union while...

Royce Millar, Anna Patty, James Massola
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten is under intense pressure over a mid-2000s deal under which one of Australia's biggest builders paid his union nearly $300,000 after he struck a workplace deal that cut...

Anna Patty
Bill Shorten has been warned that his credibility as a witness is at risk, by royal commissioner Dyson Heydon, who chastised the Labor leader for using the inquiry into trade unions as a political...

Anna Patty, Royce Millar and James Massola
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten was bruised but not defeated in his first appearance before the trade union royal commission, after admitting his failure to declare tens of thousands of dollars in...

Anna Patty, Royce Millar, James Massola
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten failed to declare a political donation of about $40,000 from a labour hire company he received in the lead up to the 2007 election campaign.

Royce Millar and Anna Patty
On Wednesday, Bill Shorten faces one of the toughest tests of his political life as Tony Abbott's royal commission on trade unions turns its spotlight on the Opposition Leader's union and Labor...

James Massola, Anna Patty, Royce Millar
A defiant Bill Shorten has dared Tony Abbott to "bring it on" and fight Labor head-to-head over worker's rights, declaring he "relishes" the chance to front the trade union royal commission...

Anna Patty
A Senate inquiry will investigate the use of temporary working visas and the reported abuse and exploitation of foreign workers, just days after the conclusion of a similar inquiry commissioned by...

Anna Patty
A public service revolt against the Abbott government's industrial relations agenda is set to escalate as department of agriculture staff seek to join workers from other departments taking protected...

Anna Patty
Former prime minister Julia Gillard should be cleared of any crime in her dealings with union officials who misappropriated money from a union-linked slush fund, according to a submission by the...

Anna Patty
Julia Gillard denies money from a union slush fund helped pay for renovations to her home in the early 1990s, but admits she could have done some things differently with the benefit of hindsight...

Anna Patty
Julia Gillard denies money from a union slush fund helped pay for renovations to her home in the early 1990s, but admits she could have done some things differently with the benefit of hindsight...

Anna Patty
Julia Gillard had blamed her "enemies within the Labor Party" for circulating rumours that money from a secret slush fund was allegedly used to pay for her home renovations, her former boss says.

Anna Patty
Former Prime Minister Julia Gillard is expected to appear before the royal commission into union corruption this week to be questioned about allegations she received money from a union slush fund to...

Anna Patty
Employment minister Eric Abetz has been urged to raise the issue of child labour in sweatshops with his international colleagues next week when he hosts a meeting of G20 employment ministers.